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    ROAN's Lead Britains Ltd. & Other Figures

    Hi Jim, What I'm doing in the above posts is finding photos of the department stores that match the price tags on my boxes(and only those from my collection)- all done in a spirit of whimsy with a dash of nostalgia. It would be great if you and others would post price tags along with pics of...
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    Inside Vienna’s Military History Museum

    Indeed, very impressive museum!
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    Inside Vienna’s Military History Museum

    Among these the assassination weapon-a .32 ACP FN Model 1910 Browning Where Holly(Martins)met Harry(Lime)
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    Inside Vienna’s Military History Museum

    My photo taken 104 years later(my hotel was directly opposite-across the bridge).
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    Inside Vienna’s Military History Museum

    Map of the multi-lingual empire(notice that the Transylvania area is labeled “Siebenbürgen” after the seven fortified towns of the province built by Saxon knights in the 12th century). Location of the empire’s 16 army corps(in the days prior to his assassination, Archduke Ferdinand had...
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    Inside Vienna’s Military History Museum

    or the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum-definitely worth spending at least a few hours while visiting the city(photos were taken in Oct. 2018): (Couldn’t edit out my reflection in the glass-sorry)
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    What are the Forum members reading

    The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War by Scott Anderson(author of the excellent Lawrence in Arabia) and Richard Sorge: An Impeccable Spy, Stalin's Master Agent by Owen Matthews on order from Amazon(Sept.15-publisher's release date): Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most...
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